Tina Krause

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Tina Krause
Born
Cristina Krause [1]

(1970-07-29) July 29, 1970 (age 54)
Queens, New York, USA
Occupation(s) Film actress
Film director
Film producer
Years active1994–present

Tina Krause (born July 29, 1970) is an American film actress, producer, director, and model. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Career

Referred to as a 'B Movie Queen', [6] and an 'Indie Horror Queen', [7] the bulk of her film work has been with shoestring-budget independent producers of horror films and erotic spoofs. In an interview at Horror Society, she states that she was "discovered" at Chiller Theatre and has been acting "ever since". [3] [8] [9] Her first feature was Sorority Slaughter in 1994. By the time she was in her 30s, she had become a "huge fan favorite". [2]

Krause has appeared in over 78 independent, direct-to-video features, including Penny Dreadful , The Drunken Dead Guy, The Thirsting, Zombiegeddon , and Play Dead. [10] She also worked several times with RedLetterMedia, including on The Recovered, Feeding Frenzy, and The Grabowskis. [11] She has also done some fetish modeling, sometimes under the stage name Mia Copia. [12] She is in Horrotica which began its principal filming in the New York–New Jersey area in June 2009. [13] In 2011 she portrayed Sally in Richard Chandler's Christmas comedy film Scrooge in the Hood, which is a parody of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol . [14] In 2015 she starred alongside fellow scream queens Erika Smith and Rachael Robbins in The Fappening. [15]

Partial filmography

Recognition

In their review of the film Thirsting (aka Lilith), Sci-Fi Universe wrote, "Most actresses are unknown. Only Tina Krause has earned a solid reputation, particularly through her performances in films produced by rogues fantastic Seduction Cinema". [18]

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References

  1. ↑ Krause, Tina. "post, 9/9/2022". Instagram.
  2. 1 2 Skin (2004). Mr. Skin's Skincyclopedia: The A-to-Z Guide to Finding Your Favorite Actresses Naked (illustrated ed.). Macmillan. p. 304. ISBN   9780312331443 . Retrieved September 2, 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Tina Krause: Scream Queen of the Month, 06/00-08/00". Scream Queen. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Tina Krause". All Movie Guide . Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Tina Krause interview". B Movie Man. Archived from the original on April 17, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Tina Krause in Jay Bauman & Mike Stoklasa's The Recovered". Twitch Films. Archived from the original on January 9, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  7. ↑ Gringold, Michael (March 24, 2009). "BAD BIOLOGY (Film Review)". Fangoria. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
  8. ↑ "interview: Tina Krause". Horror Society. March 28, 2008. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  9. ↑ "She's a Sensation--Tina Krause on the movie biz & filmmaking". D-filed.com. 2001. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  10. ↑ "LaSalle County debuts as setting for horror film". Pantagraph. November 15, 2004. Retrieved August 30, 2009.
  11. ↑ see imdb
  12. ↑ "Femme Fatales journal". 11 (1 ed.). Femme Fatales. January 2002.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. ↑ Gringold, Michael (June 11, 2009). "Scream queens shriek through 'Horotica'". Fangoria . Archived from the original on June 15, 2009. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
  14. ↑ Gash, Doctor (April 30, 2012). "Boston Film Family's Scrooge in the Hood Tickles Your Paranormal Funny Bone". Dread Central . Retrieved April 30, 2012.
  15. ↑ "The Fappening (2015) - IMDb". IMDb .
  16. ↑ The O.C. Club at IMDb
  17. ↑ Hollywood Warrioress: War of the Gods at IMDb
  18. ↑ "LILITH : QUAND LILITH LA COQUINE TAPE L'INCRUST'" (in French). SciFi Universe. November 14, 2008. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
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